after playing a bit with 'my userland on the desktop', i figure my days as a 'news weblog' are numbered. i'd best start doing and journalling more interesting things. someday there'll be a yahoo-style directory of all the tens of thousands of news sources; you'll pick the ones you want to track. or better yet, a piece of software will create a profile from your reading/blogging habits ... in the vein of amazon's 'suggestions' ...

dear 'take my life' ... when things get darkest, the path to the light - the one true way, becomes clearest. patience, my friend. as the count of monte cristo said as he took leave of his loved ones, "wait, and hope."

just slashed my middle finger open on the reynolds wrap foil-cutter. ouch. not bad; just painful. i'd post a picture, but it's dinnertime in hawaii ...

dug out a bunch more film ... this time, undeveloped. even more fun. who knows where this is from ...

santa fe nut brown ale. nut brown water. stick with pete's wicked.

well, didn't quite get things done the way i planned. got some more lighting repaired, but some of the switches in this place are real mysteries. two sconces in the bedroom don't solve the two switches-in-the-switchplate problem. so how do you go about finding where the electrics connect to? i figure it must be some sort of rooftop mounted alien signaling device ...

i would find you some links to read, but the day's just too nice. i'm enjoying being OUT so much, i just can't sit at a keyboard.

got up early, went for a walk. a brisk 12 degrees, but no wind. ended up going for much farther than expected. had coffee under the back portale; i can't see doing much blogging today. got a ton of errands to run, and some photography supplies to get. of course, you'll have to suffer from my creations eventually, so just consider this investment time ...